Venus Transit June 2004One of my most coveted astronomical and landscape moments was in June 2004 when I photographed the unique transit of the Sun by Venus. A transit is where a planet moves in front of the solar disk creating a black dot shadow. These events certainly help put the size of the Sun into perspective. Venus can be seen in this image to the lower right quadrant.

The location selected was Myrtle Beach, mainly because I was familiar with the location and I knew the Sun would rise directly over the waters of the Atlantic. The only thing needed was a clear sky and boy did we get one. This is one of my favorite images and I hope you enjoy it, too. More details at the link below.